Exhibition Opening

Our 2011 Exhibition Opening and Presentation of Awards will take place in the Hostry, Norwich Cathedral at 7pm on Monday 4th July 2011. The awards will be presented by the Very Reverend Graham Smith, the Dean of Norwich.

Putting up the Exhibition

The Hostry at Norwich Cathedral will be available from 12 00 to 3 00pm an Sunday 3rd July 2011 for the setting up of this year's exhibition.

The vergers will have put the panels in position when the previous exhibition is taken down.

Please do come along to help with putting up the prints.

Saturday Photoshop Presentation by Dave Rowley

On Saturday 2nd July there will be a Photoshop Presentation by Dave Rowley at our ususl Chapelfield meeting place. It will run from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. and tickets are available from Keith for £10 each.

This replaces the "All Day Digital Workshop" that was planned for Saturday 28th May 2011, which will not now take place.

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Meeting on Tuesday 24th May

On Tuesday 24th May we have "The Chairman Entertains", put together by Keith.

Also Andy and Clare will give a short demonstration of the new NDPS website, which will "go live" very soon.

THIS IS THE LAST MEETING OF OUR CURRENT SESSION

- but there will be events, and our Exhibition, during the summer break - WATCH THIS SPACE!

Committee meeting

The next NDPS Committee meeting will be on Monday 16th May 2011. If you have any issues that you would like to have raised at this meeting, please contact one of the Committee Members - Belinda or William - at the meeting on Tuesday 10th May 2011.

Website problems

Unfortunately much of the old NDPS website has been lost during the transfer process. We are very sorry for any inconvenience this has caused and will obviously work to retrieve the information, and we hope that the new site will be on line very shortly.

New NDPS website - IMAGES WANTED

The new NDPS website should be up and running very soon, but it won't look impressive without lots of photos. If you have a few suitable images, could you email them to Andy, our Vice-chairman, as soon as possible please? Jpeg format, small files preferred but Andy can re-size larger files if necessary.

Change of programme - 10th May 2011

Next week (10/5/11), in a change to the published NDPS programme, we will be seeing photography by Barcelona-born photographer Ester Segarra, which moves between unflinching perspectives on the music scene through intimate portraiture to vivid industrial location shots. Her work has been published as far afield as Japan, Australia, Germany and Spain. Don't miss it!

The next few meetings -

Tuesday 26th April is the 4th and final round of our “Photographer of the Year” competition - “Through the Window”. Digital image files have already been handed in, prints and slides can be submitted on the night, but in good time please! There should be some interesting images on display. Things are very close at the top of the rankings, with just half a point between the top four photographers, so come along and see who wins.

Then on 3rd May we have a workshop evening, details to follow. THIS IS ALSO THE CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES FOR THE 2011 ANNUAL EXHIBITION. Don’t miss it! The Competition Group is meeting on this evening. Members who entered work for the EAF Exhibition are invited to bring these images along for frank and constructive discussion.

On 17th May the well known company Permajet will be giving a presentation which will include monitor calibration, colour management etc.

On Saturday 28th May there will be an all-day digital workshop at our usual meeting place.

Details of the other meetings in May will be announced later.

The Exhibition will be in the Hostry at Norwich Cathedral from 3rd to the 17th July 2011, and help would be appreciated on the 3rd and the 17th with putting the exhibition up and taking it down. The Opening Ceremony and presentation of awards will be held at the Hostry on the 4th July - please note this is a Monday.

Tonight (Tuesday 19th April) we have a Special Presentation of the work of Dave Butcher, whose stunning black and white landscapes and city shots have been widely published and are definitely not to be missed. This special event is free for NDPS members. Non-members are welcome to buy tickets at £10 each.

EAF Exhibition 2011 - acceptances

NDPS members achieved 12 acceptances in the EAF Exhibition, including 2 awards and 3 images going forward for PAGB competitions.

Details on the Discussion Forum in the Members' Area.

NDPS Accounts

The accounts, as presented at the recent AGM, are now available in the Members' Area of the Discussion Forum.

NDPS Website Changes

Big changes are coming to the NDPS website in the near future. Andy and Clare have been working for some time now on what is in effect a brand new website. It will go live soon. Watch this space .......

AGM report

The NDPS AGM on 12/4/11 went well. Mostly the Committee remains the same but there have been a few changes. Andy is now Vice-chairman and combines this with the role of Assistant Secretary. Clare takes over from Andy as Secretary. Bryan C. takes over from Simone as Treasurer. There are some vacancies, notably for an Exhibition Secretary as Rudi will stand down after the 2011 Exhibition. More details later. The Treasurer's Report will be put on the Forum in the Members' Area in a few days. There was a debate on the rules of the Photographer of the Year competition which will lead to a few minor changes.

Exhibition Trophies

If you won a trophy at the NDPS 2010 Exhibition and you have not yet returned it, please bring it along to the meeting on Tuesday 12th April and hand it to Rudi, the Exhibition Secretary. Thank you.

Correction to Exhibition rules. AGM minutes.

The maximum size for Exhibition panoramic images was incorrect in the Rules, and this has now been corrected - see the Discussion Forum - Challenges, Exhibitions and Competitions/Annual Exhibitions/Exhibition 2011 page 2. Panoramic prints should be no bigger than 84cm by 30cm.

Also the minutes of the 2010 AGM are now on the Forum in the Members' Area, Annual General Meeting 2011 thread.

NDPS member features in EDP

Mike Trendell, a long-standing NDPS member, featured in a double-page spread in the Eastern Daily Press "Sunday" supplement on Saturday 2nd April 2011. The article includes several images from Mike's FRPS panel, which recently gained him the honour of Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society . Mike showed all of the images from this panel, together with more of his excellent work, to members at an NDPS meeting 3 weeks ago. Well done, Mike!

The Agenda for the 2011 Annual General Meeting is now available in the Members' Area of the Discussion Forum, in the AGM 2011 thread.

Annual Exhibition Rules and Classes

The Rules for the 2011 Annual Exhibition and a list of the Exhibition classes are now on the Discussion Forum in the Exhibitions section, on Page 2 of the Exhibition 2011 thread. The entry form is also available in the next post in this thread

Programme Change - 22 March 2011

The A/V competition will now be held on 29th March only.

On 22nd March we will have a presentation of images from the Beyond Group's last exhibition - you can expect to see some high quality and thought-provoking images.

The Studio Group will meet on both 22nd and 29th March - details from Brian.

Annual Exhibition 2011 - Classes and Dates

Details of the classes and dates for the NDPS 2011 Exhibition are now on the Discussion Forum, in the "Exhibition 2011" thread in the Annual Exhibitions section.

Meetings during March

On Tuesday 15th March we have "An Evening with Mike Trendell FRPS". Mike is one of the Society's longest standing members, and recently gained his Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society. Mike will be presenting his excellent images.

The 15th is also the last date for resolutions for the NDPS AGM to be handed in.

On the 22nd and 29th March we have our annual Audio Visual competition. Also the Studio Group will be meeting on 22nd March , and on the 29th we have the Beginners' Group.

The results of Rounds 2 and 3 of the Photographer of the Year competition have now been posted on the members' area of the Discussion Forum.

Sean Smith will not be able to be with us on Tuesday 8th March as he is now in Libya. Instead we will show the second part of the BBC documentary "The Genius of Photography".

There will be an NDPS Committeee meeting on Monday 7th March. If you are a member with something you want raised at this meeting, please contact your Committee Member. You can do this through the Discussion Forum - click on "Members" at the top right, and select "madbinnie" from the list.

Also, the NDPS AGM will be held on 12th April. If you want to put forward a resolution for discussion, now is the time to get it ready and find someone to second it. We also need nominations for the Officers and Committee. Please think about whether you, or someone you know, would be prepared to stand.

Some dates for your diary : -

On Tuesday 1st March we have the third round of the Photographer of the Year competition, subject “Generation Gap”. The date for submitting digital files is already past. Prints and transparencies can be brought on the night but do get there in good time, we may not be able to accept entries at the last minute.

1st March is also the last date for your entries for the EAF Exhibition - see previous Blog posts for details.

On Tuesday 8th March there may be a change of programme. We hope that the postponed visit by Sean Smith, Guardian war photographer, will take place. However, as before, this depends on his work commitments. If Sean is with us then there will be no group meetings on this date.

8th March is also the last date to hand in entries for our annual A/V Competition.

POTY Round 3

Don't forget that the meeting on Tuesday 22nd February is the last chance to hand in your digital entries for Photographer of the Year Round 3 - "Generation Gap". Images on CDs or memory sticks go to Norman T. (Prints and transparencies can be handed in on 29th Feb.)

Meeting on 15/2/11 - Sean Smith

We have now heard that Sean Smith will not be able to be with us on the 15th (he has been covering the events in Egypt), so instead we will show the London Salon of Photography presentation of their last exhibition. You can expect to see some striking and creative images.

Sean has agreed to sort out another date for his visit to NDPS - he will get to us eventually!

Competitions and exhibitions

For those interested in competitions and exhibitions, there are a few coming up soon : -

On Sunday 13th Feb we have the EAF PDI and Print Championships at Harlow. NDPS is taking part in the PDI competition, with 37 clubs in total. A whole day of excellent images from across the East Anglian region. Cost £6 on the door. For more information visit EAF.org.uk.

Sat 26th Feb - St Ives Interprint Competition 2011 at the Free Church, St Ives. The judge will be David Gibbins ARPS APAGB AFIAP from Nottingham.

For more information about these events, or if you would be interested in going along, contact Brian Ebbage.

The 1st March 2011 is the last date to hand in your entries for the EAF Exhibition. You can enter up to 4 colour prints, 4 monochrome prints and 4 PDI's. Prints must be mounted on 40 x 50cm mountboard and Digital images sized to 1400 by 1050 pixels with any surround in black. There is an entry fee of 60p per image. Full details on EAF.org.uk. Entries and fees to Brian.

Programme change

The programme for 8th February has changed. Instead of "Image matching" we will have a number of DVD presentations on photographic topics. Also the Studio Group and the Beginners' Group are meeting.

February Meetings

1st February - Members’ Evening
You are invited to bring some work along to give a short (up to 15 minutes) presentation. (Please be aware that we only have a fixed amount of time available, so we cannot guarantee that all presentations will be shown on this occasion. If your work is not shown we may be able to fit it in at another time.)

8th February - Photographic presentations + groups
There will be a number of photographic presentations on DVD. Also the Studio Group and the Beginners' Group are meeting.


15th February - “Special Event” - Sean Smith, award-winning Guardian photographer. *
Sean will show us some of his superb photography. He is currently embedded with the US 101st Airborne Division in Shula, a Shia-dominated neighbourhood in north-western Baghdad. . His work there has won him a Royal Television Society award, the British Press Photographers' Association award for multimedia journalism and the British Press Awards digital journalist of the year prize. Sean was in Baghdad when the British and American coalition forces invaded in 2003 and has returned to the country several times since then.

*PLEASE NOTE that this event is subject to Sean's work commitments - if he is not available on this date then it will be rescheduled for another time.

22nd February - Monochrome and a Bit of Colour - Ann Miles FRPS, MPAGB, AFIAP
Over recent years Ann has given us a couple of superb presentations of her photography including beautiful “bad weather” landscapes, and this time may prove to be her best yet.

Workshop

There have been a few problems recently with the NDPS website, we are trying to find the cause. Please bear with us.

On 25th January 2011 we have our third Workshop session. Peter Lovelock returns to give a great presentation on Adobe Photoshop Plug-ins.

There will also be two Special Interest Groups meeting - the Transparency Group, and also the Competition Group, who will meet in the kitchen. For this group, please bring 2 or 3 images on a memory stick which you are thinking of entering for competitions or which you have entered.

Exhibition - "Stories in Stone"

An NDPS member, Paul Hurst ARPS, has an exhibition at the Hostry of Norwich Cathedral at present. It is a photographic record of 254 roof bosses in the nave of the cathedral. Accompanying the images is an interpretation of the story being told. The exhibition will be on display until Friday 14th January 2011. For more info, look at the "Events" section of our discussion forum on this website.